Category Archives: Modern Composition
Aaron Martin ~ The End of Medicine
Alex Lockwood’s documentary “The End of Medicine” is about the next pandemic, already brewing beneath the radar, ready to transfer from animals to humans. Even those immune to horror films may be terrified when they learn what happens when livestock
Aaron Martin ~ The End of Medicine
Alex Lockwood’s documentary “The End of Medicine” is about the next pandemic, already brewing beneath the radar, ready to transfer from animals to humans. Even those immune to horror films may be terrified when they learn what happens when livestock
Jakob Lindhagen ~ Memory Constructions
Who are we? Do we construct who we are? Hit play on this beautiful new album from Jakob Lindhagen and consider that it might not all be as simple as you first thought. There’s a fascinating episode of Revisionist History,
Jakob Lindhagen ~ Memory Constructions
Who are we? Do we construct who we are? Hit play on this beautiful new album from Jakob Lindhagen and consider that it might not all be as simple as you first thought. There’s a fascinating episode of Revisionist History,
Henning Schmiedt ~ Piano Miniatures
This is a welcome return to ACL for Henning Schmiedt, who we last reviewed enthusiastically in 2017 for a collaboration with Christoph Berg. There’s a phrase from that review that stands out, ‘a feeling of playful innocence’, a feeling that
Henning Schmiedt ~ Piano Miniatures
This is a welcome return to ACL for Henning Schmiedt, who we last reviewed enthusiastically in 2017 for a collaboration with Christoph Berg. There’s a phrase from that review that stands out, ‘a feeling of playful innocence’, a feeling that
Danny Mulhern ~ Singing Through Others
We are not machines, but we are surrounded by them. We’re an ancient species who have surrounded ourselves with technology too complex for most of us to understand. Our society has embraced burnout-inducing narratives that coerce us into thinking we
Danny Mulhern ~ Singing Through Others
We are not machines, but we are surrounded by them. We’re an ancient species who have surrounded ourselves with technology too complex for most of us to understand. Our society has embraced burnout-inducing narratives that coerce us into thinking we
Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
The elegant hues of modern composition make the genre a perfect match for fall. Orchestras bloom like full-spectrum trees; piano notes fall like individual leaves. As ambassadors to the moss and dirt, these leaves nourish the next generation. The songs
Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
The elegant hues of modern composition make the genre a perfect match for fall. Orchestras bloom like full-spectrum trees; piano notes fall like individual leaves. As ambassadors to the moss and dirt, these leaves nourish the next generation. The songs
Copenhagen Clarinet Choir ~ Organism
Groups of instrumentalists face a challenge that soloists do not, in that each member must constantly adapt and respond to the others’ pitch, tempo and timbre. Ensembles of varying natures have different ways of staying cohesive; an orchestra follows their
Copenhagen Clarinet Choir ~ Organism
Groups of instrumentalists face a challenge that soloists do not, in that each member must constantly adapt and respond to the others’ pitch, tempo and timbre. Ensembles of varying natures have different ways of staying cohesive; an orchestra follows their
Matt Ulery ~ Become Giant
After a dozen albums, bassist Matt Ulery is still stretching his boundaries. For the first few minutes of Become Giant, one doesn’t even hear him, focusing instead on the strings. Violinist Zach Brock and Chicago’s KAIA String Quartet are the guest stars on
Matt Ulery ~ Become Giant
After a dozen albums, bassist Matt Ulery is still stretching his boundaries. For the first few minutes of Become Giant, one doesn’t even hear him, focusing instead on the strings. Violinist Zach Brock and Chicago’s KAIA String Quartet are the guest stars on
BP Moore ~ The Practice of Suffering & Monaro
If albums are novels, EPs are short stories: a good one is concise and its meaning clear as glass. Here are two short EPs by multi-instrumentalist and composer BP Moore, whose gorgeous 2021 album If I Don’t See You Again and its equally compelling 2022 reworks collection have previously caught our attention. These two EPs are ostensibly on different themes, but there’s a thread that runs through both: self-discovery and acceptance.
BP Moore ~ The Practice of Suffering & Monaro
If albums are novels, EPs are short stories: a good one is concise and its meaning clear as glass. Here are two short EPs by multi-instrumentalist and composer BP Moore, whose gorgeous 2021 album If I Don’t See You Again and its equally compelling 2022 reworks collection have previously caught our attention. These two EPs are ostensibly on different themes, but there’s a thread that runs through both: self-discovery and acceptance.
a closer listen 